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is agriculture?Agriculture is a broad term for a huge range of industries and careers spanning food production, research, marketing, biotechnology and environmental management, just to name a few. Most of the specialisations in agriculture have a strong focus on the innovative use of technology and science for better productivity and ecologically sustainable use of the planet's resources. |
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can agriculture offer me? If you have a passion for the environment, for food and wine or animals, then you should give serious thought to the careers available in agriculture. And if lateral thinking and using state-of-the-art technology are your thing, agriculture can offer you opportunities to work in research and production environments with the very latest advances in the field. |
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there any jobs? There are growing opportunities for good jobs in a range of sectors in agriculture, including natural resource management, food and wine, aquaculture, biotechnology, pest management, forestry or equestrian enterprises. Job locations and conditions can vary from city to country or a mixture of both and many careers offer the potential to travel and work nationally or internationally. (For more information on individual jobs, check out the job guide link on the Links page.) |
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can I do if I study agriculture? With degree level qualifications in agriculture or agricultural science you can work as a researcher or technical officer, teacher, adviser, administrator, consultant, agrichemical salesperson or in integrated pest management. Specialising in livestock production, horticulture and irrigation or dryland farming offers career options in farm management and operation, agricultural service industries such as chemical, machinery, stock firms and banks, advisory, research or regulatory services with government and semi-government bodies, secondary level teaching and agricultural journalism. If you specialise in oenology you can work in winemaking or brewing production or research and if you specialise in viticulture you can work as a vineyard manager, researcher or in grower liaison. You could also work as a researcher or in hospitality or tourism. Or you can specialise in wine marketing and work in executive management in sales or promotion, as a market analyst or strategic planner, consultant, journalist, business manager or in advertising. If you specialise in natural resource management you can get a job as a park ranger, soil conservation officer, landcare group coordinator, vertebrate pest control or wildlife management officer, mine rehabilitation planner, ecological surveyor, project officer, geographic systems operator, land resource officer or environmental officer. Specialising in environmental science means you can work as a manager or researcher in a government agency or as an environmental and rehabilitation officer in rural and mining industries or as an independent environmental consultant. A speciality in food management and technology opens the door to careers in food production, new product development and food safety or marketing. In many of these careers you can travel extensively and you can live and work in the city or the country or overseas. |
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Bachelor of Agricultural Science (majors
in horticultural science, integrated pest management, oenology,
plant breeding and viticultural science) |
